Nissan has developed and started testing an 1.5 litre,3 cylinder engine thats the size of carry on luggage, on an aircraft, on one of their race cars.That engine putting out 400bhp. http://www.gizmag.com/nissan-zeod-rc-engine/30611/
tamarillo,
Feb 10, 7:57pm
They are doing some interesting stuff, front wheel drive Le mans racer, that triangular thing. Then they make pulsar? Don't get it.
pandai,
Feb 10, 8:14pm
Impressive. Ford have tuned their 1.0L 3 cylinder turbo to 202hp, I wouldn't mind doubling the power for an extra 500cc.
jason18,
Feb 10, 9:20pm
I guess its to do with selling them. Hardly see Joe blogs jumping into that triangle electric racer.
brapbrap8,
Feb 10, 11:57pm
The R36 GTR is expected to take a lot of the technology from the race department, including the hybrid drivetrain technology.
mrfxit,
Feb 11, 2:15am
Apparently the upcoming Focus sport with a 2.2 ecotech motor with be around 260kw.
Bond two of them together end on and they'll have a worthy engine.
msigg,
Feb 11, 4:17am
Great stuff, these smaller engine will be the future, lots of testing first.
nesta129,
Feb 11, 6:22am
pulsar and other cars are made and sold to fund their motorsport division. Nissan has been making a boring lot of cars since 2000,except for the R35 GTR.
dave653,
Feb 15, 2:39am
Sooo. no water jackets? Must be some bloody good materials it's made of!
nzjay,
Feb 15, 3:01am
Interesting. seems to be a single camshaft with unusual port angles. Love to see inside (-; Imagine two as a V6, nearly 600kw. Next generation of GTR? But realistically, there is no mention of tractability of the engine, may only be designed for "flat-out".
trogedon,
Jun 17, 11:55am
Our Sentra is a '97 so by definition not boring (well, just a little bit)
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